News …

Lily Allen suffers miscarriage – The Times Online

More rumblings about how a digital tax could save the music industry – The Chicago Tribune

Tickets for Hannah’s concert movie are almost as hard to come by as tickets for Hannah live on stage – Associated Press

Garth Brooks doesn’t like walls – Los Angeles Times (registration may be required)

Xavier Rudd is “as laid-back as his music” – Chicago Sun-Times (registration may be required)

Catching up with Patti LaBelle – Boston Herald

Views …

Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson blast off in Dayton – Springfield News-Sun

Hedley fans scream and text for their idols – Times Colonist

The Mars Volta packs ‘em in at Philly show – The Philadelphia Enquirer

Ryan Adams fills his show with “magnificent melodies – Tulsa World

Eels in London – The Evening Standard

Jazz singer Mark Murphy creates “musical equivalents of Abstract Expressionist paintings” – The New York Times (registration may be required)

They Say It’s Their Birthday … (Or so says Associated Press)

Bobby Goldsboro is 67

Brett Hudson (The Hudson Brothers) is 55

Dave Attell is 43

DJ Quik is 38

Jonathan Davis (Korn) is 37

Samantha Mumba is 25